BLUE PITS HOUSING ACTION

Registered charity 1154280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BPHA

To provide an inclusive, client needs-led, high quality accommodation and support service to people with complex mental health needs and learning disabilities. that enables them to improve their overall health and wellbeing and which promotes social inclusion.To enable people to develop and maintain the skills they need to return to, or remain, living independently in their own home.

Objects

THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) TO CARRY ON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING SOCIALHOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE FORPERSONS:IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS;FOR WHOM IT WOULD BE CHARITABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING2) TO PROMOTE OR CARRY OUT ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE THAT CAN BE CARRIED OUTBY A COMPANY REGISTERED AS A SOCIAL LANDLORD WITH THE TENANT SERVICES AUTHORITY ORSUCH SIMILAR AUTHORITY FROM TIME TO TIME.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £63,879 for the year ended 31 October 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves stood at £327,453, with £181,104 in free reserves, which they consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The auditors concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07825886

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COATES, Julie Caroline — director, appointed 12/05/2025on trustee list
• INCE, Christine Rosina June — director, appointed 09/11/2022on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Sarah-Jayne — director, appointed 12/06/2017not on trustee list
• INCE, Kathleen Joan — director, appointed 05/04/2012not on trustee list
• RUDDY, Peter James — director, appointed 27/10/2011not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £153k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Blue Pits Housing Action — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 23/03/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Blue Pits Housing Action: Good (10/04/2020) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Randallchair
• Christine Ince
• Julie Caroline Coates
• KATHY INCE
• PETER RUDDY BA HONS

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Rochdale

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INDEPENDENT HOUSING UK LTD.

• INDEPENDENT HOUSING UK LTD income £9.2m
• BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED income £2.6m
• ABLE (ACTION FOR A BETTER LIFE) income £1.0m
• EHSL income £11.9m
• FOCUS HOUSING NW income £400k
• Goleudy Housing and Support Limited income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

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